https://www.culture24.org.uk/Science & Nature articles from Culture24https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/dinosaurs-and-fossils/art565318-natural-history-museum-dippy-tour-dateshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/dinosaurs-and-fossils/art565318-natural-history-museum-dippy-tour-datesAfter the shock of his departure from the NHM there are smiles all around the UK as Dippy the Diplodocus prepares to head out on a massive tour of the UK.15 November 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art564561-can-taxidermy-help-primate-conservationhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art564561-can-taxidermy-help-primate-conservationA vast collection of new taxidermy specimens is to be revealed at National Museum Scotland in the most comprehensive exhibition on primates ever staged in the UK.27 October 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art562872-bethlem-asylum-beyond-royal-hospital-wellcomehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art562872-bethlem-asylum-beyond-royal-hospital-wellcomeAre museums the right place for discussions about social issues, and should their exhibitions tackle them? Rachel Teskey takes a look at the Wellcome's new show, which starts with the 13th century Bethlem Royal Hospital.26 September 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art562055-crawick-multiverse-scotland-shuttle-art-jeffreyhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art562055-crawick-multiverse-scotland-shuttle-art-jeffreyJeffrey Hoffman, the five-mission shuttle astronaut and savior of the Hubble Space Telescope, was a surprise visitor to the Merz Gallery, in Sanquhar, for its Landscape of Waves exhibition.15 September 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limbhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limbThis is the only known surviving Erskine leg. It’s a right leg made for Erskine House - then known as a hospital for limbless sailors and soldiers - at some point between 1916 and 1918.22 September 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography-and-film/art562200-yu-jun-astronomy-photographer-year-greenwichhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography-and-film/art562200-yu-jun-astronomy-photographer-year-greenwichChinese photographer Yu Jun has beaten thousands of amateur and professional photographers to win this year's overall prize at the Royal Observatory. Here are 27 of the chosen pictures.16 September 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561931-jeremy-bentham-dissected-skin-university-londonhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561931-jeremy-bentham-dissected-skin-university-londonThe philosopher Jeremy Bentham could never be accused of hypocrisy. A firm rationalist, after his death in 1832, and according to his instructions, he was publicly dissected and displayed. This is his skin.14 September 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561073-leeds-city-museum-bengal-tiger-objecthttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art561073-leeds-city-museum-bengal-tiger-objectThe Leeds tiger was bought by wealthy Leeds industrialist William Gott in 1862. It was originally shot by a decorated soldier in the Himalayas 16 year earlier.01 September 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art560395-wonder-materials-graphene-manchester-museum-sciencehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art560395-wonder-materials-graphene-manchester-museum-scienceCould a carbon revolution be about to happen? The first major exhibition on the magical material strongly suggests the future is graphene - with a little help from leading artists and scientists.13 August 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art558031-foetus-child-skulls-university-cambridge-anatomyhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art558031-foetus-child-skulls-university-cambridge-anatomyThe bodies of stillborn foetuses and babies were valuable for research into human development and preserved as important teaching aids, say scientists looking at skulls at the University of Cambridge.05 July 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art557300-kasia-molga-human-sensor-manchester-dusthttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art557300-kasia-molga-human-sensor-manchester-dustArtist Kasia Molga's Human Sensor is a design for clothing with colours that change according to the pollution on the streets its wearer walks down. It's about to premiere in Manchester.23 June 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/technology/art555746https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/technology/art555746From the first photo taken of Earth from deep space to the latest technology and experiments, the National Maritime's Museum fun new exhibition is deceptively scientific, discovers Rachel Teskey.31 May 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/medicine/art554740-New-app-opens-up-University-of-Edinburgh-Anatomical-Collectionshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/medicine/art554740-New-app-opens-up-University-of-Edinburgh-Anatomical-CollectionsWe take a look at the grimly fascinating collection of the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomical Museum, where a new interactive app has been launched to open it up to people worldwide.17 May 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art551737-alienated-life-chernobyl-manchester-wildlife-exhibitionhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art551737-alienated-life-chernobyl-manchester-wildlife-exhibitionA two-day virtual reality event in Manchester is about to show what life looks like in Chernobyl - 30 years after Reactor 4 exploded.14 April 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art551681-king-richard-iii-skull-portrait-scanhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art551681-king-richard-iii-skull-portrait-scanAlexander de Cadenet has used X-rays of the skull of Richard III to create a series of vanitas artworks more than 500 years after the king's death.14 April 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art551415-neanderthal-infectious-diseases-history-cambridge-universityhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art551415-neanderthal-infectious-diseases-history-cambridge-universityNeanderthals and modern humans could have caught genital herpes and stomach ulcer-causing bacteria from each other, say anthropologists who believe the infectious diseases were carried out of Africa around 52,000 years ago.11 April 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art550944-museum-poo-isle-wight-open-tourhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art550944-museum-poo-isle-wight-open-tourThe National Poo Museum has opened at Sandown on the Isle of Wight – and its trio of founders plan to take it on tour later in the year.06 April 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art550029-swanscombe-skull-neanderthal-woman-object-prehistorichttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art550029-swanscombe-skull-neanderthal-woman-object-prehistoricThe woman whose skull this was could have been one of the first Neanderthals in Britain. You can still see impressions of folds and blood vessels from 400,000 years ago in it.30 March 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art546410-chelyabinsk-russian-meteor-northern-gallery-arthttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art546410-chelyabinsk-russian-meteor-northern-gallery-artA necklace made from a fragment of the Chelyabinsk Russian meteor, which fell to earth in 2013, is being auctioned after forming part of a contemporary artwork Baetylus at Sunderland's Northern Gallery.05 February 2016https://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art546155-object-week-spear-slug-pitt-rivershttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art546155-object-week-spear-slug-pitt-riversOur object of the week comes from The Pitt River Museum, Oxford and is a 120-year-old slug used to cure warts02 February 2016